Kerry Campaign Provides Military Records

[Gman]

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WASHINGTON - Amid questions about his military records, John Kerry (news - web sites)'s campaign on Tuesday provided documentation of Vietnam War injuries that included shrapnel wounds to his arms, legs and buttocks that earned him three Purple Hearts.


Kerry spokesman Michael Meehan said the campaign was in the process of compiling the rest of Kerry's naval record and began posting it on Kerry's Web site by evening. Kerry said all his military records are available to the public during an appearance Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Meehan said the Massachusetts senator and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee requested a copy of his record from the Navy last month and received roughly 150 pages last week.

Conservatives, talk radio and some newspapers editorials have questioned whether Kerry was deserving of the three Purple Hearts, fueling questions about his Navy service from 1966 to 1970 and the seriousness of his injuries.
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&e=3&u=/ap/20040421/ap_on_el_pr/kerry_purple_hearts

[yardwork]

1. Repukes will be sorry they started this....

where are Chimpy's records?

Hmmmmmm?

[blm]

4. I wanna know why Kerry served under fire and compiled 150 pages

while Bush avoided much of his national guard service yet racked up hundreds of pages? Bad reports, groundings and insubordination take up more ink than full, heroic wartime service?

[Politicub]

17. Chimpy's records are probably stuffed up Cheney's ass

They would have to be dug out but NO ONE is up to that task. Well, maybe Colin Powell.

[AlCzervik]

22. Same place

his records are when he was my governer in Texas, locked up in his daddy's library.

[NMDemDist2]

2. good for him n/t

[emulatorloo]

3. Don't forget to rate this story a "5"

Poor Karl, foiled again. . .

[A Brick Wall]

5. Not so good

Those flesh wounds he got Purple Hearts for are not quite the stuff of legends. I bet we'll be hearing from here until the end of the election how Kerry's wounds were so minor that he didn't really deserve any medals at all for them, etc. . Brace yourself for it.

[Skip Intro]

7. as I said below

let's see who deseverd their medals most, the moron or Kerry

let's see, awol earned a medal for, um, what was it again, now...?

[LeinesRed]

37. Did you forget? Smirk earned himself a Pabst Blue Ribbon!

:beer:

[bagnana]

8. jesus. He showed up!!!

He put his life on the line. He was injured. He saved lives. For the talking heads to be making hay out of this just shows how absoolutely nuts these people have become. BUSH DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR HIS CHAMPAGNE DUTIES, EXCEPT FOR A FREE TOOTH EXAM. My god. Their complaint is that Kerry wasn't injured enough?

[MooPie]

10. You are absolutely correct!

He stood in the face of battle and any one of his wounds could have been deadly. By the grace of God he survived. He served his country, he was there, chickenhawk * was not. End of story.

[Politicub]

18. That's it, Kerry wasn't injured enough

You've just reported the right wing (bush) talking point.

They will all be saying this tomorrow. Garbage -- the whole lot of the Bush cabal and the GOP.

Kerry is a man who was wounded in battle for his country. F--k the GOP and bush. They know nothing of sacrifice

[stepnw1f]

9. Brace for this

Learn to swim!!!!

[Ras_Nesta]

11. For a Purple Heart, severity doesn't matter.

It's a very broad medal.

In all, Kerry was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star with V (for combat valor), three awards of the Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Navy Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal.

This bullshit denigrating his service because freeper fucktards don't think that he was injured enough has the capacity to backfire big-time on the idiots. Bring up this crap with every vet and active-duty soldier you know. Let them know that the GOP will slander their every move if it's politically advantageous.

This is what Kerry was talking about when he was talking about "slime balls".

[dusty64]

23. Sadly it worked against

Max Cleland. I guess having three limbs blown off is'nt considered enough sacrifice for the chickenhawk bastards either.

[ezee]

12. Well,

IF the repuks want to slam him on his injuries,and the fact that he has the medals, they need to speak to the Navy, they are the ones that gave them to him! He didnt TAKE the medals, he EARNED them.
What did shrub boy do besides take daddys credit card to chop up his nose candy!

[Politicub]

20. If Bush tries to disgrace recipients of medals

he is toast, or should be toast.

Medals are earned, not given. What medals has bush ever earned, except for asshole of the year.

[BostonTeaParty04]

32. Bingo. The repukes are DEMEANING every single purple heart

recipient..... every single one of them

I say.. bring it on, bastids!

[DarkPhenyx]

15. All a Purple Heart requires...

...is an injury suffered as a result of combat. End of story.

[Democat]

19. Not good for you and your candidate!

Great for Kerry and Democrats!

[Catherine Vincent]

24. You guys are wasting your time on this.

I noticed in your profile this comment: "If you're frustrated with me... perhaps it's because you're talking to A Brick Wall?"

You're right. More than likely we'll be talking to a brick wall (tombstone). LOL!

[Teaser]

25. 4 posts eh?

Just wondrin' about that, kimosabe.

[JI7]

30. another anti kerry response from someone with low posts

i have been noticing many recently. those with few posts show up posting anti kerry crap.

[Submariner]

33. Yellow Belly Bush is a coward

so it would behoove his asswipe supporters to STFU !!!!

[LiberalFighter]

35. It does not matter if they were minor wounds.

What matters is that the wounds were caused by enemy action. It doesn't even have to be direct or draw blood.

[wabeewoman]

38. Well shame on Kerry

Why didn't he forsee he would be running for President one day and make sure he got a really serious wound? They can't deny his bravery or the fact he served and the chimp didn't so they question the depth of the wound? And I'm sure the whining is coming from the guys like Rush who avoided the service. I swear they have no shame.

[Gman]

39. BFD... my dad took a bullet in the gluteus maximus in WWII

fighting the Japanese at Pelau during the "Island Hopping" and got a Purple Heart.

[Skip Intro]

6. Cool, so now we can compare Kerry's medals to the moron's medals

oh, that's right...

[Ras_Nesta]

13. Bush's medals...

Meritorious Keg Hefting with Hops Cluster

Cocaine Booger Star with "N" (for Neosynephrine)

[minkyboodle]

14. He really earned the booger star

from the footage of him at the ballpark digging for gold. What a brave man.... :)
Scott

[LiberalFighter]

36. They gave medals to gw* ??

Now that should/would infuriate any sane military personnel.

Do they have any for being AWOL? Deserter? On drugs? Being drunk? Failure to complete service?

[Politicub]

16. Kerry is a good man

Bush is a slug.

[Ras_Nesta]

26. Don't insult slugs like that!

[Democat]

21. Right wing talk radio created another major news story - what a disgrace!

This entire issue is based on right wing websites and talk radio - no sources, no facts, no anything else.

So we have an article that starts out questioning Kerry "amid questions about his military records" and then uses right wing talking points like "waffling" not from quotes, but written by the reporter.

This entire issue is a disgraceful piece of journalism that you would never see happen to Bush.

It took many years of research and facts served to their faces to make the media even notice Bush's lies about his military record, which the media defends at every chance, but the first time Sean Hannity mentions Kerry on his right wing talk show, the entire mainstream media goes on the attack.

The U.S. media is a disgrace!

[burrowowl]

27. Does anyone know if Boo$h got

any medals or ribbons. He should at least have a service ribbon, no? All ribbons and medals are public record.

[Ras_Nesta]

28. I'm pretty sure that you've got to go in-theatre to get at least the

campaign ribbon.

[yellowcanine]

29. This little gambit will backfire on the pubbies

Hounding kerry about his purple hearts and about his military records will backfire on the pubbies. All they will have managed to do is draw attention to Shrub's sorry "war" record. Meanwhile everyone is reminded that Kerry served with distinction. Ok, I'll take that trade. Pubs should be careful what they wish (agitate) for.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

31. Bank on that.

The shrapnel is definitely bouncing back their way. Scumbags....

[BostonTeaParty04]

34. I bet kerry purposely created the scuffle with the military records...

I bet he purposely withheld them so that the pukes would start pontificating about "what is he hiding?" and making a big deal about it.

I can see kerry's campaign office now: PSYCHE!!!!!!!!!!

[paranoid floyd]

40. Freeper filth

These no talent dick bags are sneering at a man who served his country. Someone who headed toward enemy fire unlike that the douche bag * who's closest brush with danger was snorting coke of the ass of an incontinent hooker. If you troll through their stink you will see lots of "well I didn't serve but..." bullshit that it is almost funny if it weren't so sad. Maybe when their sons and daughters are shipped off for slaughter the may see the light. Or, probably not. Once a piece of garbage wrapped in skin, always a piece of garbage wrapped in skin.

[President Jesus]

41. O'Neill, who savaged JK on CNN today, is a bonafide Texas puke

This Viet Vet 'reluctantly' came forward on Wolf Blitzer today, and said Kerry is 'unfit.'

let the facts speak for themselves...
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=TX&last=O%27Neill&first=John

[Moderator]

42. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=499802